South Central Public Health District

Southern Idaho health officials say a bat came back positive for rabies this week and warned the public to be cautious around the animals. The South Central Public Health District said the bat had been caught in Blaine County and tested positive for the virus Tuesday

South Central Public Health District (SCPHD) received laboratory confirmation of one case of the COVID-19 Delta variant (B.1.617.2), in Twin Falls County.

Local health officials say several dogs became sick recently after playing in two small lakes west of Hailey prompting a test of the water that came back negative for harmful algae.

Magic Valley health care providers will now begin delivering doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to people who are homebound.

Local healthcare providers and the South Central Public Health District are getting ready to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to people 65 and older.

The Magic and Wood River valley region is set to get 975 doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine intended for health care workers this week.

The Southern Central Public Health District Board will consider a mask mandate at a special meeting on Thursday, November 19.

Monkey see, monkey do?

According to the South Central Public Health District: One individual was male and in his 30’s. He was hospitalized at the time of his death. The second individual was male and in his 50’s. He was not hospitalized at the time of his death, both of Lincoln County

The latest COVID-19 risk levels for the Magic Valley have been released and all but one County within the regional health district are at a "Critical Risk" category.

Three south central Idaho counties are headed toward critical (red) risk levels as case counts and positivity rates reported to South Central Public Health District (SCPHD) are surging in Twin Falls, Cassia, and Minidoka counties.

Southern Idaho health officials say the youngest person to die from COVID-19 complications in Idaho has been confirmed in Twin Falls County.

Blaine County has moved to a more stringent COVID-19 risk level gauge to deal with the pandemic in a more specific way in the tourist mountain communities of the Wood River Valley.

The health district for the Magic and Wood River valleys recorded significant increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in several of the eight counties is oversees.

There has been a confirmed case of West Nile virus in a horse in Gooding County.

A health advisory has been issued for Mormon Reservoir in Camas County for potentially dangerous algal bloom.

A health advisory has been issued for two southern Idaho reservoirs for harmful toxin levels caused by algal blooms

South Central Public Health District (SCPHD) confirms Minidoka County’s first death related to COVID-19.

The Board of Health for the South Central Public Health District voted for a resolution, instead of a mandate, to strongly encourage citizens to wear masks in public.

Where the disease goes from here is a bit unpredictable.